Lujza Blaha was born as Ludovika Reindl on 8 September in 1850 in Rimaszombat. Her father, Sándor Váradi (Reindl) was an actor. He died of cholera in 1856. Her mother married the theatre painter Antal Kölesi in 1857 after which the young Lujza was renamed Kölesi.

Lujza was only eight years old, on 15 January 1858, when she first appeared on stage. In November 1864 she signed a contract with the company managed by Károly Sipos in Szabada. Soon she met János Blaha, the conductor of the quadripleg regiment that was positioned in Rimaszombat those days. 'Uncle Blaha', as Lujza Kölesi called him, taught her music as he wanted to see her as an opera singer. In 1865, Blaha proposed to the then 15-year-old actress. They married in February 1866. János Blaha died in 1869, after long suffering.

Lujza Blaha signed a contract with the Debrecen Theatre Company managed by József Szabó in 1866. Her first role was in the operetta Magic Fiddle. Soon, another play Fairy Home in the Land of Hungary was on with her on the bill. Lujza Blaha played the lead role, Marcsa. Entering the stage, she was singing Cockchafer, Yellow Cockchafer .

In 1871 she was offered by a contract by the National Theatre in Pest. In 1875 she relocated to the opening People’s Theatre. She was among the leaders in the company. Lujza Blaha married Sándor Soldos, the landowner from Miskolc in 1875. As Soldos was not in favour of her acting career, she was allowed to sign contracts only as guest actress. They divorced after four years of marriage, but remained guest artists at the People's Theatre until the end of her life.

In 1881 she married for the third time. Her husband, the police counsellor Count Ödön Splényi bought a house that same year in Gödöllő. The estate at 132-138 Blaháné Street used to be theirs, but those days it was a lot larger, up to Lázár Vilmos Street. One of the rooms in the house is set after a play Lujza Blaha was in The Red Purse. One of the notes of Lujza Blaha says that once even Queen Elizabeth saw her house, though she was not at home then. In 1893, she and her husband sold the house in Gödöllő. The judge László Kaffka next door bought the furniture from it.

The house she used to live in was destroyed in an air attack. The swimming pool not too far from her house named after her opened in 1926. It was closed in the 1970s.

After the People's Theatre was closed in 1908, Lujza Blaha often played int he National Theatre, In 1909 in the first play written by Zsigmond Móricz Judge SáriThe Grandmothert, but then she retired from the stage.

In 1916 she filmed a silent movie directed by Alexander Korda based on the play The Grandmother. Unfortunately, most of the negatives were lost.

Lujza Blaha spent the last few summers of her life in Balatonfüred. During the year she was in Budapest. She saw the quare in front of the National Theatre being named after her. 1926. She died on 11 January and was married int he cemetery in Fimue Street.

The exhibition presented by the Municipal Museum of Gödöllő reviews the life and career of Lujza Blaha. The material consists of valuable items, for instance Lujza Blaha's fan that was decorated by Károly Lotz in 1880 and was signed by many of the famous people of her time.

Another interesting item in the collection is the playbill that Queen Elizabeth had in her hand, and also Lujza Blaha's note about the Queen's visit in Gödöllő. Pictures of the pools and a theatre set recall the atmosphere of the era.